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Years Spent In Secondary Physical Education And Levels Of Physical Activity In College Students And Adults, Katherine A. Dockter
Years Spent In Secondary Physical Education And Levels Of Physical Activity In College Students And Adults, Katherine A. Dockter
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Physical education requirements in the United States vary and are often left to local districts in each state to decide. Considering the relationship between physical activity and obesity and physical fitness with mortality, requirements relating to national recommendations appear important. Long term implications of participation in physical education are contradictory at best with the limited studies performed concluding conflicting results.
Purpose: To examine the relationship between years of participation in physical education at a high school level and levels of physical activity and fitness in college students and adults.
Methods: Forty-one participants ranging in age from 18-65 (mean …